Just started reading the Dark Tower series by Stephen King. Beginning with the The Drawing of the Three tonight. Finished the Gunslinger in one evening. Awesome read so far. There are seven books right?

7 books yes. i think i'm going to reread them soon. i quite enjoyed drawing of the three alot, one of my favorites.

Read 4 so far, and I think in order of the ones I liked best first are 4,2,3,1

2 and 3 are very close though, and I didn't like 1 that much, actually - but enough to try 2...

I'm starting The Count of Monte Cristo. I expect to be done before 2010.

Was this a misspost meant for BBV4L?

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The Dark Tower series was probably my favorite of all time. My personal favorite book was #5, The Wolves of the Calla.

I just finished the Count of Monte Cristo. It was pretty good. I sort of felt like the Count was, to use the vernacular of 2p2, a douche. I was also surprised at how much the movie (2002) differed.

Just started The Great Gatsby.

Just wanted to put in a plug for Anathem by Neal Stephenson. He actually hired an editor this time and listened to him. In the Baroque Cycle he would huge sections of text that while interesting didn't actually move the story along and in many cases bogged it down.

While not as funny as Snow Crash, which in my opinion is his best work, it is at least as good as Cryptonomicon. I really don't want to give away too much of the plot other than it is a science fiction story centering on a different planet and how it has coped with technology. While not necessary it helps if you understand a bit of basic quantum physics. Overall it has been a highly enjoyable read and I would recommend it.

First time posting in this thread.

Tonight I'll probably read Poor Folk by Dostoyevsky.

I actually bought six books this past week, good thing four of them were purchased at a second-hand store.

Can one have too many books?

What is your favourite Vonnegut book?

i'll be getting this soon and will look forward to a discussion later!

Yes.

Question for all the dark tower readers itt. Am I alone in thinking the 4th book is the best one?

Of the first 4, it's the best. Haven't read the rest.


Given we keep talking Dark Tower, maybe we shold have a DT thread? Thoughts?

PM me if you like so we don't derail, if there are 3 or more, then I'll start it.

also reading comprehension ftl....you already said 4 was the best lol.
Im not going to pm you because I havent read any of these since book 7 first came out and i think that was like 4-5 years ago, so I wont be discussing it too much if you start a topic.

Review here from the Guardian in case it's of interest. I'm looking forward to this but will wait until it comes out in paperback. Glad its edited (although I liked the diversions in the BC).
http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2008/sep/27/fiction4

That is one of my all time favourites. I almost flunked a series of exams once because of that book. I'm guessing you're reading the uncut version which is a lot better than the shortened ones.

Yeah, the book >>>>> movie imo. I'm interested in hearing why you felt like the count was a 'douche'?

Check out The Sword of Truth series by Terry Goodkind. Follows the super standard fantasy novel plot line, but the characters are amazing. Never been so attached people from a book before and the imagery can be really good as well.

I liked Sword of Truth, the first few books at least, but then got to where I could not stand the guy's writing anymore. I think I got to "Chainfire" when I finally called it quits.

It's probably just a difference between the way the world was perceived then and the way I perceive it now. Like the whole "sins of the father" thing just irritated me and also how he just seemed to use everyone. Even Haydee - did he buy and keep her because he wanted a slave or knew he would use her 10 years later in his revenge? The Morrels were about the only people he seemed genuinely fond of.

This isn't to say I wasn't rooting for him the whole time.

I put the movie on my netflix queue so I can compare but I don't remember having that impression about Edmond the first time I saw the movie.

Somehow I just saw this recommendation. Thanks for that kitaristi. It's on my list of things to read now. Great job on the link too.

Wow, okay. So I got the book Lost in the Funhouse, which is what I'm reading right now. While I'm only two stories in, and not to the titular story yet, wow this is some wild stuff. The first story is about philosophical sperm narrating in the first person.

Malcolm X's autobiography is amazing, really long though...

I just got Kwaidan, by Lafcadio Hearn, a European who moved to Japan in the latter part of the 20th century. He collected Japanese ghost stories, and retold some others from old accounts in Japanese literature. He eventually took on a Japanese name and wife, and lived there for the rest of his life, winding up extremely highly esteemed in Japan and in the west for being among the first and best communicators of what Japanese life and history was really like.

It was made into a movie that is five stars for some, 3 stars for others. So far, I like the book better.

I went to B&N the other night and picked up three new books, many that have been read here (and recommended/reviewed) in the Lounge.

World War Z- Post apoc book on zombie epidemic. Should be fantastic since I love both post apoc books and zombies.

World Without Us- I'm pretty sure it's about the world without humans (or after humans die out/etc) and the effects on the environment/etc. Seems interesting.

The Time Machine/Invisible Man by H.G. Wells- I enjoyed War of the Worlds alot and I thought the Time Machine movie (pretty ****ty) had a very interesting premise. So meh.

Reading WWZ right now, will report as I read more of these.